Milleporidae
Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Millepora alcicornis, a fire coral with variable morphology, is found across the Atlantic, has symbiotic zooxanthellae and acts aggressively toward gorgonian sea fans.
Millepora complanata Lamarck, 1816
Millepora complanata Lamarck, 1816
Millepora complanata, the Caribbean blade fire coral, is a stinging colonial hydrozoan found in turbid, moving Caribbean waters.
Millepora dichotoma Forsskål, 1775
Millepora dichotoma Forsskål, 1775
Millepora dichotoma is a venomous hermatypic fire coral found across the Indo-West Pacific region and surrounding waters.
Millepora platyphylla Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834
Millepora platyphylla Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834
Millepora platyphylla is an Indo-Pacific fire coral, a hydrozoan, not a true stinging reef-building coral with plate-like growth.
Millepora tenera Boschma, 1949
Millepora tenera Boschma, 1949
Millepora tenera is a toxic fire coral native to the Red Sea and western Indo-Pacific, first described in 1949.
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